The effects of age-of-acquisition and frequency-of-occurrence in visual word recognition: Further evidence from the Dutch language |
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Authors: | Marc Brysbaert Marielle Lange Ilse Van Wijnendaele |
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Institution: | Department of Psychology , Rice University , Houston , Texas , USA |
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Abstract: | It has been claimed that the frequency effect in visual word naming is an artefact of age-of-acquisition: Words are named faster not because they are encountered more often in texts, but because they have been acquired earlier. In a series of experiments using immediate naming, lexical decision, and masked priming, we found that frequency had a clear effect in lexical tasks when age-of-acquisition is controlled for. At the same time, age-of-acquisition was a significant variable in all tasks, whereas imageability had no effect. These results corroborate findings previously reported in English and Dutch. |
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Keywords: | Collaborative inhibition Collaborative memory Collective memory Proximal-distal partners Reconfigured groups Social transmission of memory |
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